An ode to this century

We live in times where wants are planted

While needs remain to be granted

Where power alone can speak

And truth has become meek

We live in times where we forgot to enjoy a sunny may

And curse the rain that ruined the pathway

Where the rich abuses the earth

While the poor man cleans it for a penny’s worth

We live in times where children feel in a cage,

Wait for youth and then detest old age

We live today only to regret yesterday

And forever hope tomorrow will be a better day

We live in times where we work to repay what we borrow

Give up on love and gather only sorrow

Home becomes only a place to rest

Filled with things that we may need, lest

We live in times where we have stopped wishing for freedom

And desire innocence more seldom

Where privacy has become a luxury

Even if it leaves others in quiet misery

We live in times where change is crying for help

Bravery is reduced to a timid yelp

And we go on living our time

Only stopping to count our dime

At a slower pace

Living